Well "cost effective" would be in the context of the value of the output over time, no?
If Rossi could buy nickel powder enriched in the active isotope by a factor
of 8-10 times over natural enrichment - and get it for $100 per gram (in
quantity) and he needs only 10 grams for a 10 kW reactor then it is cost
effective.
If DGT is correct, in that they do not need enrichment - then they are in
doubly good shape, given the wording of Rossi's patent application, but who
can be believed ? We have seen even less real results from DGT than from
Rossi.
Mills has shown that nickel and hydrogen alone can work, but apparently
reliability is the issue no one wants to talk about.
If this isotope has made reliability a non-issue for Rossi, we should know
in the next few months. He seems more confident than ever, but it could be
part of a charade.
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From: Arnaud Kodeck
It's a very interesting analysis. I just to want to add 2 comments:
Rossi always claims to have very cost effective powder and catalyst.
If enriched nickel is needed, stop me if I'm wrong, but there is no
intrinsic reason to have a very high purity of Ni62. The last percents are
always the most expensive to have.
That contradicts also the claims from Defkalion. Defkalion says that
all the even isotope are suitable.
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